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| - Didn't feel like walking or driving anywhere so thought I'd pop into the hotel restaurant to grab some food after a long day traveling. Prices seemed quite reasonable so went with an 8 oz filet with the three sides; wild
Mushrooms, seasonal vegetables, and sweet potato.
Also ordered a Manhattan to go with the steak.
I always chuckle when servers offer a "sauce" for the steak as my first thought is that if it needs a sauce, it's not a good piece of meat.
The presentation for every item is definitely minimalist (see photo) and laughed as the seasonal vegetables consisted of 3 pieces of asparagus with small pieces on ham cut and put on the plate. The sweet potato purée and mushrooms were plentiful in their own bowls.
Cutting into the filet, I would say they were on the border of rare to medium rare which I much prefer over medium rare to medium so kudos to that. I wasn't too happy though when, after the first cut, the cut piece was still attached by sinew to the main piece in two different spots. While I was very pleased with the temperature, the taste wasn't there and for a couple of bites, it actually had a bit of a burnt taste which I assume is from searing it slightly too long. After the first two bites, I decided to add salt and pepper but that didn't have the enhancement effect I was hoping for.
All in all, the food was average and the drink was tasty. The service was very good so do want to commend them on that.
If you want a good piece of meat, there are a plethora of options on the strip that would be much better than here but it fulfilled the role of getting some food in the belly.
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